Exodus 3:13:17Exod.3.13.W17PAT
מָ֥ה
ma
“what”
- Transliteration
- MA
- Extended
- MAA
- IPA
- /ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
- French
- que
- Spanish
- qué
- Portuguese
- que
- German
- was
- Russian
- что
- Arabic-Simplified
- ماذا
- Hindi
- क्या
- Chinese-Simplified
- 什么
- Korean
- 무엇을
- Indonesian
- apa
- Bengali
- কী
- Tagalog
- ano
- Swahili
- nini
- Amharic
- ምን
- Yoruba
- kí ni
- Igbo
- gịnị
- Twi
- dɛn
- Ewe
- nuka
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MA
- phraseyour reading level
MA o-MAR
- clause
ve-am-ru-LI mah-she-MO MA o-MAR a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer mo-SHEH el-ha-e-lo-HIM hin-NEH a-no-KHI VA el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TI la-HEM e-lo-HEI a-vo-tei-KHEM she-la-KHA-ni a-lei-KHEM ve-am-ru-LI mah-she-MO MA o-MAR a-le-HEM
In context — Exodus 3:13
and said Moses to the God behold I coming to the sons of Israel and I say to them God of your fathers sent me to you and they say to me what is his name what shall I say to them
About this coordinate
Exodus 3:13:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 3:13, so the Hebrew word מָ֥ה (ma) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.3.13.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.3.13.W17.S1) and character.